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Arvin projects in the local transportation measure
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Safe Roads for Kern
Measure "I" Expenditure Plan
| Capital Projects |
| Sub-Total |
$26,123,525 |
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| Local Street Reconstruction |
| Arvin |
$4,948,626 |
| County |
$11,061,584 |
| Sub-Total |
$16,010,210 |
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| Transit, Transportation Enhancements & Air Quality |
| Sub-Total |
$6,331,201 |
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| Area Total |
$37,403,372 |
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Funding moves up
timeline on projects
The Safe Roads For Kern
measure expenditure plan contains
an ambitious blueprint of roadway
corridor improvements designed to
keep the regional economy moving
over the next 26 years.
Many of the proposed projects
already have funding dedicated to
early phases, such as planning or
engineering.
The measure includes projects
in every area of the county, with
capital improvements from
metropolitan Bakersfield to
Maricopa, Mojave and Wasco to
Tehachapi, Rosamond and
Ridgecrest.
Near Arvin,
work will continue to widen
State Route 223 from
Commanche Road to State Route
99, and on Wheeler Ridge Road
from SR 223 to Interstate 5.
The measure anticipates $11
million to help widen State
Route 223 and $15 million for
Wheeler Ridge Road.
An additional $6.3 million is
budgeted for transit,
transportation enhancement and
air quality projects, such as
purchasing natural gas buses. Cities, county facing $500 million backlog in road maintenance
The Safe Roads measure would bring
Arvin $4.94 million for road maintenance
over its 20-year lifespan, or almost
$250,000 annually, in addition to what the
city spends on roads already. The
unincorporated area around the city limits
would be eligible for another $11 million.
Kern COG estimates a cost of more than
$500 million for the 11 cities and the county
itself to bring all roads up to standards. That
figure grows by approximately $73 million
each year the maintenance is deferred.
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